Vivekananda International Foundation | Seeking Harmony in Diversity

Anurag Sharma, Senior Research Associate, VIF

Bharat has been at the receiving end of radicalisation and Islamic terrorism for over three decades. In the study of terrorism/counter-terrorism, the terms radicalisation, religious extremism, and terrorism are frequently used interchangeably....

November 21, 2022

Tags: National Security and Strategic Studies, Counter-terrorism, Harkat network, international terrorism, radicalization, South-East Asia, Terrorism, Jammu & Kashmir

BIMSTEC Think Tanks Dialogue on Regional Security

The first BIMSTEC Think Tanks Dialogue on Regional Security was held at the Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) on 13-14 November 2018. Delegates from Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Sri Lanka and BIMSTEC Secretariat...

November 13, 2018

Tags: BIMSTEC, Climate Change, Cyber Security, Maritime Security, radicalization, Regional Security, Terrorism, National Security and Strategic Studies

Round Table Discussion on Bangladesh

A Round Table Meet on ‘Developing Counter Narrative to Radicalization: Bangladesh Experience’ was held at Vivekananda International Foundation, New Delhi, on the 11th of November, 2016. Visiting expert from Bangladesh, Lt. Col. (Retd.), Quazi...

November 11, 2016

Tags: Counter-narrative, Islamist ideology, radicalization, Bangladesh, Neighbourhood Studies

Workshop on 'Public-Private Partnership in Countering Online Radicalization and Recruitment to Violence'

Vivekananda International Foundation in collaboration with the National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START) of the University of Maryland, US Embassy and Facebook organised on November 17-18, 2015, a two-day...

November 17, 2015

Tags: National Security and Strategic Studies, Civil Society, ISIL, ISIS, radicalization, Recruitment to Violence, Social Media, World war

Detailed Report of the Seminar on Countering Online Radicalization and Recruitment

1. A joint workshop organized by the VIF in collaboration with the University of Maryland, US Embassy New Delhi and Facebook was organized from 17 to 18 November 2015 at the VIF premises. A number of eminent international experts and scholars...

November 17, 2015

Tags: National Security and Strategic Studies, Civil Society, Daesh modus, ISIL, ISIS, Radical Islam, radicalization, Recruitment to Violence, Social Media, World war

Interaction with UK, MOD Team on Global Strategic Trends and Implications

A British team from Development of Concepts and Doctrine Centre of UK Ministry of Defence led by Brig. Matt Holmes made a presentation on ‘Global Strategic Trends: Setting the Strategic Context for Defence and Security’ and interacted with the...

February 10, 2014

Tags: Global Strategic Trends, National Intelligence Council, radicalization, UK, International Relations and Diplomacy